Ruth joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 and has played
several key roles at the company, including Vice
Chairman of Investment Banking, Global Head of the
Financial Institutions Group and and co-Head of
Technology Investment Banking. Throughout the
financial crisis, Ruth led the Morgan Stanley teams
advising the U.S. Treasury on Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, and the New York Federal Reserve Bank
on AIG. She has been the lead banker on numerous
milestone technology financing rounds, including
for Amazon, eBay, Netscape, Priceline and Verisign
as well as for The Blackstone Group, GE and the
NYSE. As CFO she helped improve resource
optimization across different businesses through
better capital and funding allocation, as well as
expense reductions. Ruth has a B.A. from Stanford
University (Economics & International Relations), a
M.B.A. with distinction from The Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania and a M.Sc., from
the London School of Economics (Industrial
Relations). She is Vice Chair of the Stanford
University Board of Trustees, a member of the U.S.
Treasury’s Borrowing Advisory Committee, a Board
Director at The Council on Foreign Relations and a
member of the Advisory Council of the Hutchins
Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the
Brookings Institution.

Ruth will start at Google as CFO on May 26,
reporting to Google CEO and Co-Founder, Larry Page.

“We’re tremendously fortunate to have found such a
creative, experienced and operationally strong
executive,” said Larry Page. “I look forward to
learning from Ruth as we continue to innovate in
our core—from search and ads, to Android, Chrome
and YouTube—as well as invest in a thoughtful,
disciplined way in our next generation of big bets.
Finally, huge thanks to Patrick Pichette for his
seven super successful years as CFO”.

"I’m delighted to be returning to my California
roots and joining Google,” said Ruth Porat.
“Growing up in Silicon Valley, during my time at
Morgan Stanley and as a member of Stanford’s Board,
I’ve had the opportunity to experience first hand
how tech companies can help people in their daily
lives. I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and get
started.”